United States / Canada
United States–Canada Border Slash
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Auburn, Kentucky
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.
Chicopee, Massachusetts
The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.
Vascœuil, France
To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
New Harmony, Indiana
Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.
Evansville, Indiana
The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.
New Harmony, Indiana
Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.
New Harmony, Indiana
This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.
Hull, Massachusetts
A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Belvedere Tiburon, California
Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Bommayapalayam, India
This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.